Chinese word dictionary

暗桩

àn zhuāng · submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats; (fig.) informer; spy

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Word information

Simplified暗桩

Traditional暗樁

Pinyinàn zhuāng

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

暗àn

dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert

桩zhuāng

stake, post; matter, affair

How to learn 暗桩

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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暗àn

(literary) to close (a door); to eclipse; confused; ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]); dark (variant of 暗[an4]); dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant; variant of 暗[an4]

暗示ànshì

to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion

黑暗hēi’àn

dark; darkly; darkness

暗地里àndìlǐ

secretly; inwardly; on the sly

暗中ànzhōng

in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously

阴暗yīn’àn

dim; dark; overcast; darkness; shadow; (fig.) dismal; gloomy; somber; murky; shadowy (side)